“The Girlie with the Baby Stare”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“The Girlie with the Baby Stare”: date made: 1902. publisher: Sol Bloom. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “The Girlie with the Baby Stare” that was written by Ernest Hanegan and composed by William H. Penn. The sheet music was published by Sol Bloom of New York, New York in 1902. The purple and orange cover features an inset photograph of Frank Daniels, who sang the song with great success in “Miss Simplicity.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1902
- publisher: Sol Bloom
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1983.0424.013
- accession number: 1983.0424
- catalog number: 1983.0424.013
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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